Classical Language of Architecture:

Name: Classical Language of Architecture:
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ISBN: 9780500201770

ISBN-10: 0500201773

ISBN-13: 9780500201770

Edition: 1980

Authors: John Summerson

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Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren described them as the "Latin" of architecture and the analogy is almost exact. There is the difference, however, that whereas the learning of Latin is a slow and difficult business, the language of classical architecture is relatively simple. It is still, to a great extent, the mode of expression of our urban surroundings, since classical architecture…

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Binding: Cloth Text
Language: English